Happy 68th, Van Morrison.

May there be many more happy days...and Wild Nights.

Addendum: Returning from my Sunday morning walk, with my iPod set on shuffle, I heard an almost subliminal guitar from my headphones, followed by Van's voice: "We were born before the wind... ."

The Blind Boys of Alabama, "Free at Last," live at the White House.

"Now is the time to make real the promise... ." Dr. Martin Luther KIng, Jr., August 28, 1963.